Brucella Omp2a and Omp2b porins: Single channel measurements and topology prediction

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Mobasheri, H ^a   Ficht, T A ^b   Marquis, H ^b   Lea, E J A ^a   Lakey, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brucella; Membrane topology; Omp2; Porin; Rhizobium; RIII; Single channel

Indexed keywords

PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BRUCELLA; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031446575     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00341-8     Document Type: Article

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